A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

'Tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of...

'Tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of...

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.